Amit Jain to now independently handle APAC region of Uber

When Uber announced that Jain will be the regional GM of Apac in May this year, he reported to Andrew Macdonald, who led Latin America and Apac region for the company.Surabhi Agarwal | ET Bureau | July 11, 2018, 09:14 IST

In less than two months of being elevated as the regional general manager of Asia Pacific region of ride-hailing firmUber, Amit Jain has got more autonomy to run the region as he will now report directly to Uber chief operating officer Barney Harford.

When Uber announced that Jain will be the regional GM of APAC in May this year, he reported to Andrew Macdonald, who led Latin America and APAC region for the company. Since then, Macdonald has been appointed to lead Uber’s business development and rides operations for the US, Canada and Latin America.

Jain will now independently handle APAC region reporting to Harford.

In a statement to ET, Macdonald, vice-president, Uber, said that Jain has built a phenomenal business for Uber in India, demonstrating leadership in a market that is absolutely critical to Uber’s global growth ambitions and long-term success.

“As the head of APAC for the rides business, he can now extend his impact across new geographies and teams, to help us navigate new shared competitive pressures in ANZ, and new strategic momentum around unlocking North Asia.” There are a lot of learnings from India and South Asia that can help Uber successfully navigate through this dynamic business environment, added Macdonald.

The world’s largest ride sharing firm which went through a massive management reshuffle exercise globally after the ouster of its founder CEO Travis Kalanick is fighting a battle with rival Ola, which has a common investor in SoftBank, to dominate India market. Uber has been denying constant rumours of a merger with Ola even as firm has tried to exit loss-making markets to focus on a few profitable ones.